Reetha Shikakai Cleansing Mud For Stronger, Thicker 4C Hair

Hey guys, it's got real and welcome to my channel and for another video. So in this video I am going to be doing a cleansing mod, I'm going to start off with shikaka and Arita, which are a ton of wave rights in Ayurvedic, hair care, especially for cleansing. So shikaka translates to fruit of the hair. It is known to cleanse the hair because it's got a little bit of supporting in it. It is also known as a coolant for the scalp, and it is also known to strengthen the hair from its roots, so you have a stronger strand as it grows. So shikaka is also very very mild and it doesn't strip the hair of its natural oils. So it is hailed as a cleansing or as a cleansing mat and for good reason. Then we have Aretha, so Aretha is made out of soap nuts. They are literally not that contains opponents in them and saponin are surfactants and surfactants is just a fancy way of saying cleansers, and this is how Aretha cleanses your hair, so unlike commercial or synthetic shampoos, that can be quite as strong and also quite alkaline. Aretha has a very low pH. I think it's about 6, it's extremely mild and it will not strip your hair of its natural oils as it cleanses, but it also does leave hair very soft and shiny, and so it's very very hailed as a cleansing alternative to your commercial shampoos. So to that mix we are going to add Tulsi, which is holy basil and neem, and both of this I picked strategically because they are antimicrobial, antifungal, antiseptic, antiseptic and antibacterial as well. So, whatever problems that you may have with your scalp, for example, if you have excessive production of sebum, that means that your scalp is super oily Tulsi and neem are really great. So if you have, let's say extreme problems like let's say you have headlights, especially something like neem is super super good. Also, if you have something like dandruff all of these combination, Tulsi neem shikaka are either all of them. Gon na act as coolants for your scalp and really help with controlling the flaking that comes with dandruff. So I didn't really measure out how much I needed. I just kind of eyeballed it, but I did use one tablespoon of Tulsi and 1 tablespoon of neem and I used about the same portions of Aretha and shikaka again. This is going to depend with the length of your hair, so I just use your best judgement when it comes to measuring, because the thing with this mask is they are very, very customizable. So, even if I give out an idea, just use it as a starting point and customize it to what your hair needs and then at a mixing medium, I chose to go with aloe vera juice. You could also use an herbal tea, for example. I think something like nettle, tea or dandelion. Tea could be very, very useful here, but the key to this is making sure that you keep your mixes as simple as possible. We do not want to interfere with efficacy or the efficiency of the products that are in there. So the more you add to it, the more that it's likely that you might add something that blocks its efficiency, so I would say, keep it as simple as possible, because the goal is not use it as a conditioning mod is to use it as a cleanser. So we want to leave the mats as natural as they can be. I will also add here that if you can please measure the pH, I didn't, because I was going off of the fact that I Rita and shikaka are both low and the pH about 6 or maybe 6 and a half. So, ideally, I should have measured the pH just to see so I know what I'm working with, especially because we're putting it directly on the scalp and on the hair roots as well. So, as you can see, I don't have a lot, as I normally do with my conditioning mats, and the reason for that is is because I don't need to put them on my actual hair. So the goal here is to make sure that most of this mat goes on the roots of your hair, and it goes on the scalp as well. So because, especially shikaka is known to strengthen the root we want. If that hairs popping out of its hair follicle, it's exposed to the shukaku, and we have a strong strand to begin with that holds on all the way until its telogen phase, where its resting and it doesn't break off. And this is how the strands are gon na be stronger, again, walk in very, very small sections to avoid tangling the hair and use as many sections as you possibly can, and the closer you can get to your hair roots and the more you have it touch. Your scalp, the better now shikaka and Aretha, both have very gritty textures, and we can use that to our advantage. So once I have it applied as much as I can, I am going to use my fingers in circular motions to kind of massage my scalp and take advantage of that gritty texture to exfoliate my scalp and again you really do not need to apply any product To your hair strands, because the hair strands will get cleansed as you are cleansing the mud from your hair and it's the same thing with whether you're using a commercial shampoo or whether you're, using something like the black soap or the shampoo bars. Really you don't need to put any product on your actual hair strands, but you really need to take care of your scalp, because the scalp that is healthy is the basis for stronger and healthier hair, so take care of your scalp as much as possible. So once I have it all over my roots, I am going to use my fingers and massage that in now you have to be careful because of that gritty texture. You can very very easily irritate your scalp and cause some type of inflammation, so we don't want to change the scar, but we want a massage this cup enough, that we have exfoliated our scalp to lift off the dead cells and also lift off any product that We may have that is accumulated on this cup. Now I will say this is not the same strength as say black soup or a commercial shampoo, but to begin with, I don't use a lot of commercial ingredients, so I really do my hair doesn't really get back dirty and I don't have a lot of buildup. Also, when you're massaging make sure that you are very very wary of how you're doing very careful, because you do not want to cause tangling on top of having this mud on your hair, because that would just be a mess once you're done with this, you should Just leave it for maybe an hour to an hour and a half. I think I kept it on for about an hour and a half, and then I am going to rinse it and also just make sure you cover it, because you don't want it drying on your hair like that. So this is how I do a cleansing mad. I am sorry I couldn't film the cleansing part because I mean I couldn't film the post rinsed part, because I was running late and I was going somewhere so, but I will try to film it at some other point, but essentially it looks the way it does. After I do any mud, but the beauty of it is my scalp feels very, very cleansed and very, very refreshed. So now, when I'm putting an oil on it, I am putting it on a very cleanse scar. So try it and let me know what you think and if you've used shikaka and RFS cleanse us differently. Please share and let us know how it works for you. Thank you so much guys for watching, and I will see you on the next video be safe until then, you